IP Library Granted Patent US 12,281,757
Granted Patent B2
US 12,281,757 · App. 18/356,030 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Pressure vessel

Inventors: Seok-Bong Heo (Jeonju-si, KR); Sang-Jin Jeon (Jeonju-si, KR); Jae-Sung Park (Jeonju-si, KR)
Assignee: AETHER CT CO., LTD.
F17C13/04F17C2203/0604F17C2205/0323
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Patent No.
US 12,281,757
App. No.
18/356,030
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a pressure vessel intended for storing up a fluid having high pressure, and more specifically, to a pressure vessel capable of enabling a sealing pad made of an elastic material to effectively prevent the fluid from flowing out from a bonding portion of a nozzle and a liner. The pressure vessel includes: a liner formed to be hollow so as to enable its inside to be filled with the fluid; a nozzle combined with one side of the liner, or each end portion of both sides so as to enable a coupling part having a cylindrical shape to be located in the inside of the liner; a sealing pad having a ring-like shape configured to enable the coupling part to pass through its center, and formed of an elastic material; and a sealing nut coupled to the coupling part from a lower portion of the sealing pad.

Claims (28)

1. A pressure vessel comprising:

a hollow liner capable of being filled with a fluid;

a nozzle combined with one side of the hollow liner;

a coupling part having a cylindrical shape and disposed inside of the hollow liner, the coupling part coupling the hollow liner and the nozzle to each other;

a sealing pad having a ring shape configured to enable the coupling part to pass through its center, formed of an elastic material, and having an inclined sealing part inclined so as to enable a longitudinal section to face downward in a central direction of the nozzle;

a sealing nut coupled to the coupling part from a lower portion of the sealing pad, and

a sealing plate having a ring shape furnished between the sealing pad and the sealing nut, configured to enable the coupling part to pass through its center, and formed to be harder than the sealing pad,

wherein the sealing plate has an inclined supporting part which is inclined to enable the longitudinal section to face downward in the central direction of the nozzle so as to come into close contact with the inclined sealing part . . .

2. The pressure vessel of claim 1 , wherein the sealing pad comprises: a first horizontal sealing part which extends inward from the inclined sealing part, and which is formed horizontally; and a second horizontal sealing part which horizontally extends outward from the inclined sealing part.

3. The pressure vessel of claim 2 , wherein thickness of the inclined sealing part is thicker than each thickness of the first horizontal sealing part and the second horizontal sealing part.

4. The pressure vessel of claim 2 , wherein the sealing plate comprises: a first horizontal supporting part which extends inward from the inclined supporting part, and which is formed horizontally so as to support the first horizontal sealing part; a second horizontal supporting part which extends outward from the inclined supporting part, and which is formed horizontally so as to support the second horizontal sealing part.

5. The pressure vessel of claim 4 , wherein an inner diameter of the sealing pad is greater than that of the sealing plate.

6. The pressure vessel of claim 4 , wherein an outer diameter of the sealing pad is smaller than that of the sealing plate.

7. The pressure vessel of claim 2 , wherein the nozzle is configured in such a manner that a flange part whose diameter extends is formed in an upper portion of the coupling part, an extending part extending from a side wall of the hollow liner is formed in a lower portion of the flange part, the first horizontal sealing part comes into close contact with the nozzle, and the second horizontal sealing part comes into close contact with a lower porting of the extending part.

8. The pressure vessel of claim 7 , wherein a breaking sill intended for strengthening coherence with the nozzle is formed at a tail end of the extending part.

9. The pressure vessel of claim 1 , wherein on an upper surface of the sealing nut is formed an inclined surface whose longitudinal section faces downward in the central direction of the nozzle.

10. The pressure vessel of claim 1 , wherein the sealing nut has a through hole so that pressure of a fluid preserved in the inside of the hollow liner is transmitted to the sealing pad or the sealing plate.

11. A pressure vessel comprising:

a hollow liner capable of being filled with a fluid;

a nozzle combined with one side of the hollow liner;

a coupling part having a cylindrical shape and disposed inside of the hollow liner, the coupling part coupling the hollow liner and the nozzle to each other; a sealing pad having a ring shape configured to enable the coupling part to pass through its center, formed of an elastic material, and having an inclined sealing part inclined so as to enable a longitudinal section to face downward in a central direction of the nozzle; and

a sealing nut coupled to the coupling part from a lower portion of the sealing pad,

wherein on an upper surface of the sealing nut is formed an inclined surface whose longitudinal section faces downward in the central direction of the nozzle.

12. A pressure vessel comprising:

a hollow liner capable of being filled with a fluid;

a nozzle combined with one side of the hollow liner;

a coupling part having a cylindrical shape and disposed inside of the hollow liner, the coupling part coupling the hollow liner and the nozzle to each other; a sealing pad having a ring shape configured to enable the coupling part to pass through its center, formed of an elastic material, and having an inclined sealing part inclined so as to enable a longitudinal section to face downward in a central direction of the nozzle; and

a sealing nut coupled to the coupling part from a lower portion of the sealing pad, wherein the sealing nut has a through hole so that pressure of a fluid preserved in the inside of the hollow liner is transmitted to the sealing pad or the sealing plate.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 14, 2025
From: AETHER CT CO., LTD.
To: DUKSAN AETHERCT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070831/0505 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2023
From: HEO, SEOK-BONG; JEON, SANG-JIN; PARK, JAE-SUNG
To: AETHER CT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064331/0406 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0150840 · Nov 11, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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